HULK'S HAD THE WHOLE "DESTINY IS A SUPER SHITTY PART OF HEROES JOURNEY" RANT BEFORE, BUT IT REALLY IS THE UGLIEST MESSAGING IN THE WORLD
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AND NO ONE EVER THINKS ABOUT. IT ALWAYS SKEWS UBERMENSCHY AND IMPLIES "YOU'RE BORN TO BE THE BEST AND IT'S YOUR FATE" ETC.
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AND IN THIS FILM, FATE IS SO DAMN ENTANGLED INTO THE PLOT IT'S LITERALLY A PERSONIFIED CHARACTER (THE OCEAN).
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AND AT NEARLY EVERY, STEP THIS "FATE" INTERVENES AND OFTEN ESCHEWS WHAT SHOULD BE MORE A STORY ABOUT CHOICE, PERSONALITY, GOODNESS...
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THE THINGS THE REALLY DEFINE HEROISM. INSTEAD? IT DEFERS TO THE UGLINESS AT THE CORE OF DESTINY IT'S NEVER REALLY SEEMED TO THINK ABOUT...
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QUITE POSSIBLY ERASING ALL THE BEAUTIFUL MESSAGING ABOUT FEMALE EMPOWERMENT, ETC. IT HAS IN IT'S HEART.
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UNLESS IT'S USING THIS VERY IDEA TO SUPPLANT NOTIONS OF DESTINY TO BREAK THROUGH PATRIARCHY, KNOW THAT YOU BELONG TO HEROISM TOO, ETC.
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BUT HULK THAT FEELS LESS EXPRESSED WITHIN THE TEXT ITSELF AND MORE SIMPLY CONVENIENT TO MODERN MESSAGING?
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REALLY NOT SURE HOW OTHERS FEEL, BUT SUPER CURIOUS WHAT PEOPLE THINK!
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Firstly I would say this -- although Moana is "chosen" by the ocean the movie never plays this as a "character of destiny".
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In fact it's played as the opposite -- she's been chosen.... to stay at home and keep the status quo.
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